Here, we list the three must-watch TED talks for any mobility professional, aficionado, or hobbyist. They range from the impact of the mobility sharing economy, how electrification will change our perception of transportation, as well as how such services can be effectively implemented.

Robin Chase is one of the OG’s of Shared Mobility. Using her MIT business degree, she focused her attention on a real problem, car sharing, and founded ZipCar, which is now the largest global car-sharing business. In the process, she helped kickstart the “collaborative economy” - a decade before it was ‘cool’ - by enabling access to a valuable asset (a car) without ownership. Her 2007 TED talk is a real eye-opener to understand how the industry has evolved and where it is headed. After all, predictions are much easier in hindsight.

Tony Seba’s talk at The World Energy Transition Conference in 2018 on Clean Disruption of Transport: Implications for Cities and Infra Structure and Society is a great example of trends within the mobility industry and how batteries will change the way we all live. He points out that cars are the second largest expenditure in an individual's life (a house being the largest), and, we only use a car for 4% of our time. However, we are seeing that car assets are no longer necessary to support our lifestyles, and guess what’s driving this? Tech.

Sandra Phillips is a ‘shared mobility architect,' implementing shared mobility services in cities around the world. In her TED talk, she shares her vision for a game-changing transportation solution: car-sharing. By sharing vehicles, Phillips says, we'll be able to both increase the inclusivity of transportation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more about this innovative way of getting people where they need to go and how, if we get this right, the customer experience won’t be all that much different from owning a car.

Smart, Shared, and Seamless Mobility is the Future

Owning a car is so 2018. Smart, shared, and seamless mobility will transform the customer experience for the better.

When Henry Ford saw the first Model T roll off the production lines in Detroit, it is safe to say he could not have anticipated how the future of mobility would change so dramatically over the next 100+ years. From the legions of dock-less scooters scattered around cities like San Fransisco or Tel Aviv, to the tech platforms such as CityMapper or Moovit changing the public transportation customer experience in cities, to personal car ownership becoming less and less necessary to get from A-to-B. By 2030 the concept of private car ownership will be as outdated as shoulder-pads or feature phones.

The three TED talks highlighted above are a glimpse of where mobility is moving: a more simplified experience for the consumer without the headaches of owning a car.

Immense Simulations : Immense creates virtual cities and provides simulation-as-a-service for mobility providers and large scale infrastructure. This gives the industry a sandpit to play in before the implementation of projects.

Fleetonomy: Another alumnus of the BP and RocketSpace Mobility Tech Innovation Collaborative, Fleetonomy enables multiple services within one fleet. Their fleet management platform blends machine learning, advanced algorithms, and AI to analyze key data and provide implementable insights that assist fleet operators with making strategic decisions to maximize inventory management, maintenance, and customer preferences. They are currently live in the US, UK, and Germany and planning to expand to additional markets in 2019.

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